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Prayer to Saint Gerard for Safe Delivery
O great Saint Gerard, beloved
servant of Jesus Christ, perfect imitator of your meek and humble Savior, and
devoted child of Mother of God, enkindle within my heart one spark of that
heavenly fire of charity which glowed in your heart and made you an angel of
love.
O glorious Saint Gerard, because
when falsely accused of crime, you did bear, like your Divine Master, without
murmur or complaint, the calumnies of wicked men, you have been raised up by God
as the patron and protector of expectant mothers.
Preserve me from danger and from
the excessive pains accompanying childbirth, and shield the child which I now
carry, that it may see the light of day and receive the purifying and
life-giving waters of baptism through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.